Almond Coconut Butter

Thursday, March 8, 2012

My family loves almond butter. We put it on or in pretty much everything...apples, carrots, pancakes, toast, energy snacks, and smoothies. I recently started making it from scratch and once you make it from scratch you will never buy store bought almond butter ever again, it is that good. The following recipe is one that I have come up with on my own after playing around with a few ingredients.

What you will need:

2 cups of dry roasted almonds

1/3 cup of unsweetened coconut flakes

1/2 tsp of sea salt

Directions:

Place all of the ingredients into a food processor (if you do not own a food processor its a great little kitchen item to have).

Turn your food processor on high and let it run for about 10 minutes. Half way through you will start to wonder how in the world this crumbly mess will turn into almond butter but trust me.

Check your almond butter at 10 minutes. It should start to transform into a chunky butter at this point. If you like smooth almond butter let your processor run until it is nice and creamy.

Scoop out your fresh almond butter and place in an airtight container or jar.

This is creamy, fresh, easy to make and tastes nothing like anything purchased from a store.

I do love almond butter... I'm tempted to see if anyone I know has a good food processor so I can try this! ('hey, let me use your food processor and i'll make you some almond butter' sounds like a good way to approach a friend! bahaha)

ok first-your blog is amazing! so many new things learned from only...2? pages!!!

second- i heard that almond skin is harder to digest, when i make quick almond milk i soak them for 30 min minimum so it peals easily, probably would shorten mixer time cuz they tenderize. and its beautifully white.

Do you know if I can use something other than coconut? My son is allergic to coconut (and soy, peanut, wheat, dairy, egg, corn, sunflower, walnut, grape) I mentioned the others in case they were going to be the substitute. :-)

Made this today, EXCELLENT! I'm embarrassed to admit, but it took my food processor about 5 mins. on high with me holding it on the counter as it was " dancing" around. Lisa Rae, you can omit the coconut, it's adds a different flavor and actually, I plan to omit the next time I make this. Yummy!

This is so cool! I got a little frustrated after having to scrape down the sides like 10 times when it was still clumpy but then all of a sudden it simply churned into butter when I started it up again! Thanks for this!

hello. i'm trying to make this recipe today and i'm having a hard time. my food processor isn't the kind that you can turn on hi and leave running...you have to keep pulsing it for it to work. it's in the powdery consistency now but every time i scrape down the sides, after a couple seconds, it's back on the walls of the fp again...making me wonder if it's ever going to do anything else but powder. is this going to work?

Just made this to put into the zucchini brownies recipe! I had never made nut butter before, so I'm very pleased. I opened it up to scrape down the sides a few times, but by the time it turned into butter I figured that it had been unnecessary - it was all falling down on its own.

I've been making this weekly since I discovered your blog about a month ago. Today though, I over roasted my almonds. What a disappointing, crumby lump! Another 2 cups in the oven now! Hope this batch turns out like the last few weeks! Love your recipes, by the way! I've made a few and they've been huge hits with my little guys and husband!

I am SO excited to make this!! Came across your blog from "Just Eat Real Food" on Facebook. My husband is hooked on almond butter but I'm just not thrilled with the price at the store. I can't wait. Quick question, and I'm pretty sure it's a stupid one and I know the answer, but just checking...would a vitamix work in place of a food processor?

I wouldn't recommend a blender, because it all clumps up around the blades at the bottom. I found this out the hard way trying to make homemade peanut butter. Also, if you have a food processor, make sure it's not an older one. Again, problems trying to make homemade peanut butter the same way as this recipe.

We love this recipe and make it all the time. It is wonderful! I am wondering though, what brand of food processor do you use? I've tried 2 different ones and it either won't make it at all (centrifuges it to the sides and dry spins) or I have to add a couple tablespoons of almond oil. Even then, it's never smooth. Everyone on the internet talks about how easy it is to make almond butter, but for me, it's a pain in the BUTTer!!